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To my memory it is bc all the people dont want to forget their password so they think they are clever so they use the word PASSWORD as it. I'm 99% sure that is why, but if im wrong i wouldnt be surprised.

when you recieve a new account through a business, bank or whatever requires you a password, your starting password is something stupid like "password". so to me it seems that's just carl's way of showing disgust with the laziness and stupidity that is rampant in the world.

so to get away from the flaming for a bit...it's because these people think they're clever, like ppl who have keys under fake rocks. maybe it was clever the first time somebody did it, but once everyone catches on to the idea, it's just stupid.

sort of fitting in with the whole point of the book--when ideas spread like contagion, they can be dangerous.

maybe its just me, but this kind of reminds me of when the narrator in fight club says that before he met tyler, he was going to get a dog, and name it "entourage".
all those little things that people think are so clever....
"how's that workin out for you?"
"what?"
"being clever"
"great"
"keep it up then"

[i]Originally posted by XChuck [/i]
[B]I AM open to other people's opinions, your not letting people express themselves. [/B]

Clearly you aren't. By calling the original question "stupid," you aren't opening up to it at all. By cussing me out like you did, you're the one being an asshole. I am the one here who has an opinion that varies from the majority, and you are the one who is showing intolerance toward it. I don't know what you're even trying to say--how could I possibly be keeping people from expressing themselves?

Yes, I'm saying that I think it is just a hint at something else, something bigger that goes on behind the scenes, if you will. I realize that on one level it is just a creative view on the way everyone thinks they are clever, but I think that the narrator of this story knows a lot of things in this novel for a different reason than just to "point things out." Of course I could be wrong, but it's my opinion that Lullaby (like Survivor and Choke) is much more of a subtle conspiracy novel than most people think.

Well obviously there's more to it, but I haven't figured everything out yet. For one thing, I haven't read the book in a long time, and I haven't really thought about it much since then anyway. There might have been a better thread about it on the old message boards. Still, even that didn't come to any solid conclusions. There were just some things that stuck out at me as I read the book that kept me suspicious that there was more to the story than at face value (a lot was about Nash actually). There was a lot more, but I don't even remember most of it. And if I did, I wouldn't say it all now, because for every one person that says, "interesting idea," there are ten people who say "Quit being an idiot. Not all of CP's books are the same thing. They don't all have a twist ending. This is a stupid idea. Quit being narrow-minded. Asshole." I don't feel like taking the time to read it all again just to be criticized when I ask if anyone else has an idea. So to sum up: 1) If you care, check the older message board in case I wrote anything there 2) I don't remember much anyway 3) I don't feel like taking the time to re-figure it out and 4) I didn't have the twist completely figured out, but I felt it was on the right track.

edit: After reading that, it didn't make much sense. The basic premise of the theory was that the book, like Survivor, was more of an excuse, an alibi, than anything else... like really, there was no lullaby, just a murderer. But like I said, I don't have it all worked out, and there are still holes in the idea. But I guess there were enough little things throughout the book that made me think something wasn't right.

it's too bad that the flaming on this board has gotten to the point where you won't even explain your idea. if you feel like talking about it at all, PM me, because i'm really interested to hear more about it.

There had to be a lullaby. He kills people by simply looking at them (think of that amazing scene where he's walking down the street and people are just dropping like flies as he turns to look at them)

Well, I just saw this and thought I'd post it for the hell of it. I know people are going to say "What the hell does that matter?" but I just thought it was interesting.

"The art of the steal" by Frank W. Abagnale, Page 166, Line 19, to quote.

"You wouldn't believe how many people, for simplicity's sake, use 'Password' as their password. Many others unimaginatively use their first name, or actually use none at all but have the 'enter' key be their password."

It's interesting as all get out. He goes quite in depth in detailing various cons, in all walks of life, from ATM's, to embezzlement and whatnot. And by detailed, I mean, if you wanted to, you could pull it off with this as an instruction manual.

Only maybe 8% of the stuff, I already know. And it's a pretty easy read, I've been reading for two days and I'm on page 187.

Mitnick's book "Art of Deception" was great. mirkah, did you watch the screen savers when mitnick's parole was up? dude looked rusty, and i swear i heard his say a few "choice" words about pop-up ads. from what i hear he's selling his security services to companies now.

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